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Telstra backtracks on claims outage was caused by malicious cyber attack – PerthNow
Telco Telstra has had to backtrack on its claims a major outage that upset home internet services was caused by a ‘malicious’ cyber attack on its servers.
Telstra has had to backtrack on its claims a major outage that upset home internet services was caused by a malicious cyber attack on its servers.
Telstra reported there was a denial of service attack on Sunday that led to widespread internet issues in Australias eastern states.
A denial of service attack floods a network with traffic or information to trigger a crash, denying legitimate users access.
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane were the main outage hotspots.
Other internet providers …
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